Proverbs 24:34
Modern Translations
New International Version
and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

New Living Translation
then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

English Standard Version
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

Berean Study Bible
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

New American Standard Bible
Then your poverty will come like a drifter, And your need like an armed man.

NASB 1995
Then your poverty will come as a robber And your want like an armed man.

NASB 1977
Then your poverty will come as a robber, And your want like an armed man.

Amplified Bible
Then your poverty will come as a robber, And your want like an armed man.

Christian Standard Bible
and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need, like a bandit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and your poverty will come like a robber, your need, like a bandit.

Contemporary English Version
Suddenly poverty hits you and everything is gone!

Good News Translation
but while you are asleep, poverty will attack you like an armed robber.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then your poverty will come like a drifter, and your need will come like a bandit.

International Standard Version
Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber, your need like an armed bandit.

NET Bible
and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

New King James Version
So shall your poverty come like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.

King James 2000 Bible
So shall your poverty come like a robber; and your want like an armed man.

New Heart English Bible
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

World English Bible
so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

American King James Version
So shall your poverty come as one that travels; and your want as an armed man.

American Standard Version
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

A Faithful Version
Then your poverty comes stalking, and your wants like an armed man.

Darby Bible Translation
So shall thy poverty come [as] a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

English Revised Version
So shall thy poverty come as a robber; and thy want as an armed man.

Webster's Bible Translation
So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And your poverty has come [as] a traveler, "" And your want as an armed man!

Young's Literal Translation
And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

Smith's Literal Translation
And thy poverty came going about, and thy want as a man of shield.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And destitution will overtake you like a runner, and begging will overtake you like an armed man.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Poverty will walk before you, and want will overtake you like a man who is a runner.

Lamsa Bible
So shall poverty come upon you, and want shall overtake you suddenly like a runner.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
So shall thy poverty come as a runner, And thy want as an armed man.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But if thou do this, thy poverty will come speedily; and thy want like a swift courier.
















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